So who takes over those snaps if Barnett can't go?

14 minutes ago, greend said:

Am I the only person on this blog that couldn't give a crap what color uniforms the eagles wear?

 

Feel like I'm blogging with a bunch of

 

I'd like them to at least have some green in the uniform

3 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Sheesh.  His clock is ticking.  

Happening a lot quicker than I expected

4 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

So who takes over those snaps if Barnett can't go?

The ghost of Kerrigans past

1 minute ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Whoever it is, we better sign him to an extension.

 

 

Milton Williams?  I hope.  

Seems to be the best of options, but curious if they'd put him in a full time DE role.  Curious to see what happens. Barnett has been an idiot this year so it would be great to see if someone can step up and be productive without all the dumb penalties. 

7 minutes ago, justrelax said:

 

When Denver had the ball I focused on Davion Taylor. He had a good game. His play recognition was, for the most part, excellent. He got caught leaning a couple of times. He is so athletic. And fast. Played mostly weak side but lined up over the middle a number of times when Denver showed heavy to one side. On those plays Edwards went strongside. Taylor has some difficulty with stack-and shed. Got jolted by a big OT a couple of times. What impressed me about those plays was, though he got knocked back, he recovered instantly and got back in the play. Never got knocked off his feet. Pretty damn good when hit by a guy who has you by 100 pounds. On Slay's fumble return, he lined up on the LOS, submarined the TE, and got a hand on the ball. Had to go laterally about four yards to do it, which is impressive on a short-yardage play. There were a couple of plays where the receiver caught the ball behind him; I found it hard to tell if that was his fault, the DB's fault, or too deep a drop by the S. Or, of course, just a good route and throw. Those happen too. Certainly the yawning gaps in the zones that had us all in a tizzy have shrunk a lot. I think Gannon is making adjustments and Taylor is getting a feel.

If Taylor improves as much from this year to next as he has from last year to this he's going to be a stud. As I said, he is really fast and athletic and he has learned a lot.

I am not sure why Singleton is getting any snaps over Taylor at this point.  I noticed Singleton was in on the Denver TD. He jumped away from the gap where the ball went instead of filling it.  It looked like he was keying on the FB as a lead but I am not sure what he was doing. I think Taylor may have made that tackle for a loss if he was in the game.  He was in the next goal to go series. He made 1 tackle making a nice read on the pulling guard and attacking the ball carrier.  He also made an assist on the other carry inside the goal line.  It has been nice to see him play.  

Dallas Goedert's contract is fine. It's neither good, nor bad. It's fair.

Signing a top 10 player at his position, at age 26, to a market-value contract is good process. 

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It's not the Sweat/Mailata/Goedert contracts that kill you. You want to extend good, young players. It's the 3rd contracts to the Brooks, Cox, Johnsons, Graham, etc. that can cripple the cap.

Wish Daniel Jeremiah would drop an updated top 50 big board already

1 minute ago, NCiggles said:

I am not sure why Singleton is getting any snaps over Taylor at this point.  I noticed Singleton was in on the Denver TD. He jumped away from the gap where the ball went instead of filling it.  It looked like he was keying on the FB as a lead but I am not sure what he was doing. I think Taylor may have made that tackle for a loss if he was in the game.  He was in the next goal to go series. He made 1 tackle making a nice read on the pulling guard and attacking the ball carrier.  He also made an assist on the other carry inside the goal line.  It has been nice to see him play.  

I agree with you. As a matter of fact, on the next time Denver was inside the 10,Taylor was in there and made an excellent read, filled the gap, and made a solo tackle. I think it was on second down. So it looks like Gannon agrees with you.

26 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

There are 64 starting edge rushers in the NFL. Do I think Sweat is comfortably inside that number? Yep. 

Do I think an average starting slot corner is a fine outcome for a fourth round pick? Yep. 

Do I think a top 10 (easily) TE is a good outcome for a second round pick? Yep. 

Do I think a top 10 (let’s call it 15 for the sake of the argument) LT in the seventh round is a great outcome? Yep. 

Yep.  That's the framework to look at the draft.  Where they were taken must be part of the analysis.

Even so, regardless of the order, walking away with a franchise LT, top 10 TE, an effective #2 DE, and a starting slot CB is a nice haul.

2018 was a quality draft.  /end

 

7 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

I am not sure why Singleton is getting any snaps over Taylor at this point.  I noticed Singleton was in on the Denver TD. He jumped away from the gap where the ball went instead of filling it.  It looked like he was keying on the FB as a lead but I am not sure what he was doing. I think Taylor may have made that tackle for a loss if he was in the game.  He was in the next goal to go series. He made 1 tackle making a nice read on the pulling guard and attacking the ball carrier.  He also made an assist on the other carry inside the goal line.  It has been nice to see him play.  

Singleton appears to be the Dime LB for the most part.

My guess is that Edwards and Elliot have green dots.  It's not a mistake right now to let Taylor just play and not burden him with managing the huddle.

At some point, that should change.

3 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Yep.  That's the framework to look at the draft.  Where they were taken must be part of the analysis.

Even so, regardless of the order, walking away with a franchise LT, top 10 TE, an effective #2 DE, and a starting slot CB is a nice haul.

2018 was a quality draft.  /end

 

The only folks dissenting are from the "Howie can do no right" group.  

2 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

The only folks dissenting are from the "Howie can do no right" group.  

I think we need to find a better aggregate than "group". 

Horde?  Gaggle?  Swarm?  Troop?

I've been openly against signing Goedert to a contract extension.  Is this accurate that he's now the 2nd highest paid TE in the league?  If that's the case, they need to make him a volume receiver.  Yes, they have DeVonta Smith who needs the ball as well but I don't want a guy getting that much money just catching 2-3 balls a game.  I want 6-7 receptions.  I know blocking comes in to play as well but it's time to put up some numbers.  

 

 

 

45 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

If Howie isn't sure of his evaluation, why put him in the position where he makes the decision? 

It's not that, it's power politics between a GM and a SB winning HC.

The Eagles aren't the first team to run into this situation, in fact, the Dream Team was Reid winning power over personnel, Howie was his errand boy at that time.

But you can look around the league and see this scenario, HC insists on certain players, GM refuses, HC then uses media to undercut GM, one or both goes.

6 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

I think we need to find a better aggregate than "group". 

Horde?  Gaggle?  Swarm?  Troop?

Militia, mob, and murder were the first that came to mind -- but I went with a tame alternative

12 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Singleton appears to be the Dime LB for the most part.

My guess is that Edwards and Elliot have green dots.  It's not a mistake right now to let Taylor just play and not burden him with managing the huddle.

At some point, that should change.

Singleton was in on the first goal line package.  He missed the tackle after going to the wrong hole.  

In point of fact, this contract does NOT make Goedert the second-highest paid TE in the league. It WILL make him the second-highest paid TE in the league NEXT season, ASSUMING no other TE comes in with a higher contract.

Fat chance of that.

I can't believe we're discussing it again, but it's a joke that Doug insisted on drafting Reagor and Howie just abided. I've heard people, Chris Simms for example, with connections to the NFL talk about how the whole league new Howie was "hot for Jalen Reagor." Howie made the pick. The excuses are ridiculous. It was an atrocious evaluation. Anyone with a hint of football knowledge knew that Reagor wasn't good enough to be taken in that spot. The only thing he had going for him was speed, and he didn't even test well in the 40.

 

6 minutes ago, austinfan said:

It's not that, it's power politics between a GM and a SB winning HC.

The Eagles aren't the first team to run into this situation, in fact, the Dream Team was Reid winning power over personnel, Howie was his errand boy at that time.

But you can look around the league and see this scenario, HC insists on certain players, GM refuses, HC then uses media to undercut GM, one or both goes.

We’ll never know who truly made the decisions, but I think DP had next to no say in anything.. he didn’t even get to keep his staff.

22 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Yep.  That's the framework to look at the draft.  Where they were taken must be part of the analysis.

Even so, regardless of the order, walking away with a franchise LT, top 10 TE, an effective #2 DE, and a starting slot CB is a nice haul.

2018 was a quality draft.  /end

 

It should be obvious to anyone who understands the draft.

59 minutes ago, Dwide Schrude said:

Where do you see that? PFF has him tied at 31st in sacks. Sacks also shouldn’t be the main focus when evaluating a DL. 

PFF doesn’t just go off who was the guy to tackle the QB. They give credit to the guy who caused the sack. So if Sweat causes the QB to run into a defender who makes the "sack,” they give the credit to Sweat.

1 minute ago, Bacarty2 said:

For what it's worth this has a Doug move written all over it. 

Every year Doug learned a new catch phrase and every year it followed suit. 

"play above the rim"  Jeffrey resigned, JJAW, Goedert

"Speed Kills " Reagor, Hurts, Quez, Marquise goodwin. 

 

It doesn't matter either way. Howie is the GM. He makes the picks.

2 minutes ago, schuy7 said:

It doesn't matter either way. Howie is the GM. He makes the picks.

I mean it kinda matters. We may not know the truth with Doug. But AR definitely had say over the roster, so is Howie to blame for the dream team disaster? 

Edit: I should say based on what we do know, I doubt Doug was the driving force behind Reagor. He seemingly had limited input everywhere else, why would they defer a first round pick to him?

1 minute ago, TorontoEagle said:

I mean it kinda matters. We may not know the truth with Doug. But AR definitely had say over the roster, so is Howie to blame for the dream team disaster? 

That was 10 years ago. I'm discussing Howie in his current role.